{"id":492054,"date":"2011-10-01T19:00:04","date_gmt":"2011-10-02T02:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=32359"},"modified":"2024-12-27T01:37:41","modified_gmt":"2024-12-27T01:37:41","slug":"peter-perfect-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/peter-perfect-part-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Peter Perfect, Part 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='memberful-global-teaser-content'>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cGregg, Peter (FA),\u201d was filed between \u201cGreenwood, John\u201d and \u201cGregory, Masten.\u201d The file, dog-eared and stained with the outline of a coffee cup, showed its age; it dated back to 1970. I recognized the handwriting, it was mine; the (FA) did not stand for Formula Atlantic. This brought a smile to my face, and I thought if Gregg could see it he, too, would smile, for he relished and took delight in being an asshole. After one of the times he pissed me off I called him a \u201cFucking Asshole,\u201d said more as a statement of fact than an expression of anger. I had turned to walk away when I thought, \u201cI can do better,\u201d and turned back around to tell him that in fact he was almost a perfect asshole, knowing that it would bother him that I did not consider him a completely perfect one. You see, Peter wanted to be perfect at everything, thus the moniker, \u201cPeter Perfect.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_552752\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-552752\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/FEA201110-p1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-552752\" src=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/FEA201110-p1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"810\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/FEA201110-p1.jpg 810w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/FEA201110-p1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/FEA201110-p1-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/FEA201110-p1-75x100.jpg 75w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/FEA201110-p1-770x1027.jpg 770w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/FEA201110-p1-293x391.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 810px) 100vw, 810px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-552752\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Peter Gregg. Photo: Hal Crocker<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><i>\u201cHe\u2019s a walking contradiction, partly truth and partly fiction. Taking every wrong direction on his lonely way back home.\u201d \u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n        .memberful-global-teaser-content p:last-child{\n            -webkit-mask-image: linear-gradient(180deg, #000 0%, transparent);\n            mask-image: linear-gradient(180deg, #000 0%, transparent);\n        }\n    <\/style>\n<div class='memberful-global-marketing-content'>\n<div class=\"a07online-global-marketing-content-wrapper\">\n<h2 class=\"a07online-global-marketing-title\">No Subscription? 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After one of the times 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